NEW YORK, N.Y. (Feb. 13, 2005) – The Futurebird
Artists Group today announced the installation of The Buckets, a five-bucket array of semi-translucent plastic
electric blue vessels displayed face-down with alternating handles.These vessels will be displayed today at West
111th Street and St.
Nicholas Avenue from 3
p.m. to 3:15 p.m. in what
its creator terms “a gift to the people of New York.”

Each of the five buckets is 11 inches in diameter and 10
inches tall, and weighs 20 ounces but is capable of holding three gallons of
liquid.(The buckets will not be
employed in liquid-holding usage during the length of the installation.)The buckets act as a color field breaking up
the geometric pattern of the stone pavers while mirroring the circular shape of
three nearby manhole covers.It is the
artists’ intent that the viewers reflect on their emptiness and their
resemblance to some kind of shelter, perhaps for a small animal.

Though a work of public art, the display
will not use public funds.It is wholly financed by private equity of the artist, who
contracted with $1 USA Superstore of 116th
Street for the procurement of the raw
materials.No hours of police overtime
will be required for this display.The
artist will not accept donations or sponsorships.

“You cannot buy the buckets after the exhibition,” said the
creator of The Buckets, Susan Murray.
“They’re going to be recycled, industrially. Some people may feel it is trendy
to own a bucket or to have one in their home, but the buckets are not for sale.”

Photographs of the buckets are available on the Futurebird Artists Group website,
www.futurebird.com/buckets (click for larger images)